At seventeen, I went to Spain to win the World Cup

Chapter 133

"Pep Guardiola sent me a text message last night saying he was willing to pay five pounds to get rid of you in the locker room."

Early in the morning of February 3, Klopp, who had just entered the club, stepped forward to high-five and hugged Lin Chen, and joked.

"I swear on my life, the moment Pep Guardiola saw his daughter forward the news that you joined Madrid Fashion Week, the sky must have fallen."

Lin Chen smiled and hugged Klopp, and then asked.

"So five pounds didn't move you?"

Klopp shrugged and replied.

"Of course not, but I told him that if the price was raised to ten pounds, I would consider doing it."

"But Guardiola didn't meet my request, a stingy guy."

"After playing against Bayern in the Bundesliga, I asked him to bring me a cup of coffee, but he didn't want to."

Klopp hugged Lin Chen and laughed, and the two walked into the cafeteria.

After the national team game, the clubs resumed the battle.

After 21 rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool still leads the standings. After winning the League Cup, another event, the FA Cup, also started at the same time.

The FA Cup is one of the oldest cups in football today, and it is also the cup that English fans value the most.

Compared with the Community Shield and the League Cup, many fans believe that the FA Cup is more valuable, or that many clubs pay more attention to the FA Cup championship.

The League Cup is a cup that distinguishes the English football world from the other four major leagues. Because of the existence of the League Cup, English teams are also the only team among all the teams in the five major leagues that have the hope of winning seven championships.

However, due to too many games to play, the League Cup has become a useless existence among the powerful teams.

Professor Wenger took the lead in sending young players to play in the League Cup, turning this cup into a competition to hone young players.

Since then, many powerful teams have followed suit. If they can break into the quarterfinals by rotating their lineups, the strong teams will start to consider competing for the League Cup championship.

But the FA Cup is completely different. From the third round alone, the team will send out the main players to fight for the FA Cup championship.

On February 5, the third round of the FA Cup officially started, and Liverpool welcomed the English Championship team Derby County.

Due to the weak opponent, Klopp changed the lineup halfway, and the main players such as Salah, Firmino and Lin Chen were sitting on the bench to rest, but Lovren and Matip on the back line started together.

Klopp was still worried that the team would be opened by Derby County, so the back line sent the main players.

After the game started, the young teenager Ibe showed his strength in the frontcourt.

England's center forward Danny Ings has a good header ability, coupled with the interlaced running of striker Solanke, Derby County's back line is in danger.

In the 27th minute of the game, Dennis received an assist from Moreno and headed the ball to open the goal account.

In the 60th minute of the second half, Solanke made a clever counter-run, received an assist from Danny Ings, and then unselfishly passed the ball to young player Ibe, and Liverpool successfully changed the score to 2:0.

In the end, Klopp won the third round of the FA Cup at the lowest cost, and Liverpool successfully entered the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Just three days later, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool played against Bournemouth. Bournemouth, which ranked 13th this season, was very weak on paper, especially the back line, which was called paper-like by fans.

February 8, Bournemouth Stadium.

The competition for the 22nd round of the Premier League officially started, and Klopp sent out the full main lineup.

Liverpool showed a strong sense of suppression at the beginning of the game, and the fierce offensive firepower suppressed Bournemouth.

The 13th minute of the game.

"Liverpool still has the rhythm of the attack firmly in their hands, and it's another interlaced run in the middle."

"Henderson dribbles the ball forward and passes it to Lin Chen."

"Take the ball and turn to pass it to the wing, there's Salah on the right."

"Cut inside and keep moving towards the middle!"

"Pass the ball diagonally to the back post!"

"Opportunity for Mane!"

"Inverted triangle, Firmino in the middle!"

"Follow up and shoot!"

"Push the ball! The ball goes in!!!"

"Beautiful! A wonderful combination from Liverpool's front trident!"

"Firmino kills with one shot, showing his strong finishing ability."

37th minute of the game!

"Salah breaks through to create a corner kick, Mane takes the penalty kick and shoots to the front point."

"Lin Chen's chance, head the ball!"

"The goalkeeper blocks it, follow up with a shot!"

"The ball goes in!"

"Young player Lin Chen opens his league goal account, rewriting the score to 2:0, and seizes the opportunity with a sharp shot. He didn't miss this great goal!"

After the start of the second half, Liverpool no longer attacked fiercely, but instead steadilyHold the rhythm and play the game of boiling frogs in warm water.

Klopp also made a rotation adjustment in the 65th minute of the game, and Villardum came on as a substitute to replace Lin Chen.

Salah and Mane were both replaced, and Wijnaldum looked a little unhappy.

In the Huaxia live broadcast room, Coach Zhang saw Villardum waiting on the sidelines with a dark face.

"Judging from his facial expression, Wijnaldum is obviously not very satisfied with his current situation."

"Since Lin Chen came out of nowhere, Liverpool's normal starting lineup has become Henderson, Emre Can and Lin Chen."

"Wijnaldum was originally an absolute main force, but now it is difficult for him to get rotation time. He can only play in the first two rounds of the FA Cup and the first two rounds of the League Cup, which are not very popular events."

Just as Lin Chen was leaving the court, he was about to high-five with Wijnaldum, but the latter pretended not to see it and ran straight to the court.

At this time, Danny Ings took the initiative to high-five Lin Chen, helping him resolve the possible embarrassment.

Klopp, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned instantly. He was very dissatisfied with Wijnaldum's move.

Lin Chen didn't take it to heart. He enjoyed the applause of Liverpool fans and sat steadily on the bench.

In the end, Danny Ings scored again with a header, setting the score at 3:0.

Liverpool won the 22nd round of the Premier League, but they did not have a chance to breathe.

The most devilish championship schedule in the Premier League has arrived. Liverpool will go to Huddersfield away in just two and a half days.

Klopp expressed his dissatisfaction with the FA's inhumane schedule at the pre-match press conference.

"I don't know who arranged this schedule, but we still have to fight for the face of the Premier League in the Champions League, but England doesn't give us any breathing time."

"We just played Bournemouth 60 hours ago, and now we have to play Huddersfield again."

"F**k it!"

"Isn't this just bullying the honest people?"

Klopp straightened his back and stood with his shoulders wide, just to speak out for his boys.

An hour later, the English government issued a statement.

"Liverpool coach Klopp's remarks have harmed the reputation of the Premier League Football Association, and he was fined 10,000 pounds and given a warning. 》

Klopp: I'm honest.

In the 23rd round of the Premier League against Huddersfield, Klopp must make rotations.

Because in the 24th round of the Premier League, Liverpool will start with Manchester City, which ranks second.

There is still only one point difference between the two teams. As long as Manchester City wins this direct dialogue, it will regain the initiative in the championship.

After 24 rounds, there are only 14 rounds left in the Premier League, and it has entered the critical stage of the second half. Klopp dare not give Manchester City any chance.

He knows how fierce Manchester City is in the second half of the championship, especially Guardiola's dominance in the league.

Therefore, Liverpool rotated all the players in this game and played with a substitute lineup.

After the game started, the rhythm was very slow.

Liverpool still took the initiative, but they didn't score.

Thunder without rain, especially the young player Ibi, whose excellent running always wins him a chance to score.

But the subsequent shot will make Klopp's blood pressure soar on the sidelines.

"This Ibbe."

"Run like a warrior, shoot like Heskey!"

"If this young player Ibbe doesn't improve his shooting skills as soon as possible, his ceiling may also stop here."

At halftime, the two sides were tied 0:0. As a Liverpool fan, Coach James couldn't help but say this when he saw Ibbe miss three single shots.

"Liverpool needs to seize an opportunity. As long as they can score a goal, the balance of victory will tilt towards them."

The second half of the game began, and Klopp was slow to make substitutions. He chose to trust these substitutes.

Fortunately, in the 80th minute of the game, Ibbe's single shot caused the opponent's defender to foul, and the referee awarded a penalty kick. Liverpool fans finally let go of their worries.

However, when they saw that it was Ibbe who stood on the penalty spot, the fans' hearts that had just been put down suddenly hung up again.

This was Klopp's arrangement. He shouted loudly on the sidelines: "Let Ibbe take the penalty!"

Klopp wanted to use this penalty kick to build confidence for the young player Ibbe!